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BURR VAN ALSTINE, oF GHANNAHAN TOWNSHIP, ILLINOIS. Letters Patent No. 62,237, dated February 19, i867.'

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Be it known that I, BURK VAN ALSTINE, of the 'town of Chaunnhan, in Will county, and State of Illinois, have invented a. new and useful improvement on n. Machine for Wringing e Mop; and I do. hereby declare that' the following is a. full', clear, and exact description of the construction `and operation'of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a. part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the common pail, or other suitable'vessel, with a pair of' jews or squeezers,rfor the purpose of squeezingl the 'water out of a mop.

' a represents the jews as they appear when open to receive the mop, the same being placed between the jaws a a, when, by means ofthe lever b, the saine are pressed together like a. hinge, the 'mop receiving more pressure next the hinges than at the outer side, thus pressing the mop'as-Well in a horizontal direction as ver tical, the operator meanwhile turning the mop so as to receive pressure on al1 parts. The prongs or teeth c c Aserve to hold the mop in place while being squeezed. The mop is placed in the jaivs first next the handle of the mop.

Claim.

What I claim as new in my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The hinged jewsa a, furnished with the prongs c c and leverb, when fastened to the side of :i peil, all as and for the purpose herein set forth. V

BURK VAN ALS'IINE.

Witnesses.:

Tiros. H. HUTcHINs, A. DEMONEY. 

